NYCOB
Enterprise Consortium is Ghana’s leading biodiversity
business think-tank and incubator that designs market-based instruments and
business models for conservation outcomes. The social enterprise was established in 2011 to provide biodiversity
business development services and facilitate investment growth in the
country's biodiversity-based sectors. Since NYCOB’s
formation, the organization has been at the forefront of advocating for
the
development of Ghana’s biodiversity offsets market, working with
multiple
stakeholders and the active participation of the private sector.
NYCOB Enterprise Consortium was established in accordance with the National Youth Conference on Biodiversity (NYCOB) Resolution adopted by stakeholder in 2010 in Ghana for the implementation of a biodiversity programme that seeks to create employment opportunities for the youth through entrepreneurial activities that addresses biodiversity loss and climate change in the country.
The objectives for which NYCOB Enterprise Consortium was formed are to;